Abandoned Rules

April 7, 1986

LET CRITICS of the police go out into the streets and do police work. They will change their tune.

If blacks want to increase the amount of crime in their neighborhoods, then by all means place further restraints on the police. This will ensure that the police -- being human -- will hesitate about answering calls in black areas, will hesitate about drawing their weapons to apprehend suspects and will play by the rules of polite society -- rules that criminals have long since abandoned.